Modular Aggregation of Principles for Bible Translation
Articles, links, and files related to translation in general and Bible translation in particular.
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- RBRobert BascomApr 7, 2016
Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?
So how does how we are unique as humans have to do with translation? I think it has to do with what we bring to the task without even being aware of it. There are several examples in the talk. 1. The mapping of food disg…
- DRDavid RowboryApr 4, 2016
Making Dictionaries Serve Translation
1 Introduction “What a fine mess you’ve got us into.” (Parrott 1930) None of the translators I have worked with in Nigeria have known what a difficult task they were letting themselves in for when they first expressed an…
- RBRobert BascomApr 3, 2016
George Steiner on the Poetry of Thought
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- RBRobert BascomApr 3, 2016
Contextualism and Polysemy
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- RBRobert BascomApr 3, 2016
More Than Meets the fMRI
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- DRDaniel RodriguezMar 31, 2016
Cognitive Linguistics Reader
I don't think this has already been posted. Vyvyan Evans has the whole Cognitive Linguistics Reader as a PDF at his site. Guess its legit.
- MDMarijke de LangMar 25, 2016
Neuroscience and gullibility
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- RBRobert BascomMar 23, 2016
Belief in Naturalism
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- RBRobert BascomMar 8, 2016
UBS GBT Antalya 2016
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- RBRobert BascomMar 5, 2016
More Academia.edu
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- RBRobert BascomJan 15, 2016
Gibsonian neuroscience
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- RBRobert BascomJan 15, 2016
Orality, performance, cognition and neuroscience
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- RBRobert BascomJan 9, 2016
Politics, purity, and disgust
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- RBRobert BascomJan 6, 2016
Simplicity vs. clarity in UI design (and translation)
It is surprising how many people do not realize how important clarity (and I would add beauty) is to computer interfaces. Is it time to stop adding features to Paratext and start making it clearer and more attractive to…
- RBRobert BascomDec 16, 2015
Of conductors and orchestras
Let's imagine that the phonological system of a certain language is the brass section of our metaphorical orchestra. The morphology might be represented by the woodwinds. The strings might be the syntax, and the percussi…
- MDMarijke de LangDec 15, 2015
Fairness and cooperation
A short excerpt from the BBC documentary: "Capuchins, the Monkey Puzzle".
- RBRobert BascomDec 13, 2015
Dunbar's number
Wikipedia's summary: A PowerPoint presentation presenting the idea: The article setting forth the thesis:
- RBRobert BascomNov 17, 2015
Embodiment via Body Parts
This study needs to be done everywhere in all cultures, it seems to me. H.W. Wolff started it for the Hebrew Bible (Anthropology of the OT), and Lakoff has shown the way in English with conceptual metaphors and embodied…
- RBRobert BascomOct 29, 2015
Phenomenology and Embodied Cognition
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- RBRobert BascomOct 25, 2015
Why language is not an instinct and deixis vs. Peirce
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